Act of Mediation

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The Act of Mediation was a 1803 constitutional arrangement imposed by Napoleon Bonaparte that reorganized the Swiss Confederation into a federation of cantons, including the creation of the Canton of St. Gallen.

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Act of Mediation canonical 5
Act of Mediation constitution 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional act ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
legal document ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Swiss Confederation ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
creates Canton of Aargau ⓘ
Canton of Graubünden ⓘ
Canton of St. Gallen ⓘ
Canton of Thurgau ⓘ
linked to: canton of Thurgau

Canton of Ticino ⓘ
Canton of Vaud ⓘ
date 1803 ⓘ
definesPoliticalStatusOf Canton of Aargau ⓘ
Canton of Appenzell ⓘ
Canton of Basel ⓘ
Canton of Bern ⓘ
linked to: canton of Bern

Canton of Fribourg ⓘ
linked to: canton of Fribourg

Canton of Geneva ⓘ
linked to: canton of Geneva

Canton of Glarus ⓘ
Canton of Graubünden ⓘ
Canton of Lucerne ⓘ
Canton of Neuchâtel ⓘ
Canton of Schaffhausen ⓘ
Canton of Schwyz ⓘ
linked to: canton of Schwyz

Canton of Solothurn ⓘ
linked to: canton of Solothurn

Canton of St. Gallen ⓘ
Canton of Thurgau ⓘ
linked to: canton of Thurgau

Canton of Ticino ⓘ
Canton of Unterwalden ⓘ
linked to: canton of Nidwalden

Canton of Uri ⓘ
linked to: canton of Uri

Canton of Valais ⓘ
Canton of Vaud ⓘ
Canton of Zug ⓘ
linked to: canton of Zug

Canton of Zurich ⓘ
linked to: Canton of Zürich
endTime 1813 ⓘ
followedBy Federal Treaty of 1815 ⓘ
follows Helvetic Republic constitution ⓘ
grants autonomy to Swiss cantons ⓘ
hasAuthor Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
hasConsequence period of relative internal stability in Switzerland ⓘ
hasEffect ended the centralized Helvetic Republic ⓘ
established a federal structure in Switzerland ⓘ
reorganized Swiss Confederation into a federation of cantons ⓘ
restored significant cantonal sovereignty in Switzerland ⓘ
imposedBy Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
language French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
legalStatus constitution of Switzerland (1803–1813) ⓘ
location Switzerland ⓘ
numberOfCantons 19 ⓘ
partOf Napoleonic reorganization of Europe ⓘ
linked to: Napoleonic era
regulates distribution of powers between Swiss cantons and federal institutions ⓘ
replaces unitary constitution of the Helvetic Republic ⓘ
restores traditional institutions in several Swiss cantons ⓘ
startTime 1803-02-19 ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canton of St. Gallen → createdBy → Act of Mediation ⓘ
Helvetic Republic → dissolvedBy → Act of Mediation ⓘ
Canton of Aargau → createdBy → Act of Mediation ⓘ
canton of Thurgau → createdBy → Act of Mediation ⓘ
Grand Council (Helvetic Republic) → repealedBy → Act of Mediation constitution ⓘ
subject linked to: Grand Council
linked to: Act of Mediation